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I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
anyone have a better method?
Please Advise,
Fool
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| Jenn Ridley |
fool@rock.com (Fool) wrote:
>I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
>Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
>best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
>spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
>anyone have a better method?
Why would you want to sift brown sugar?
Yes, it is white sugar with molasses added. "True" brown sugar is
cane sugar that doesn't have all the cane syrup removed. Molasses is
cane syrup.
You get the lumps out of it by breaking them up with a spoon (if
they're soft lumps). If they're hard lumps, the general advice for
dealing with those is to add a wedge of apple or a slice of bread to
the bag for a day or so...the extra moisture will soften up the lump
so that you can break it with a spoon. If you're in a hurry, I've had
reasonable success with spraying the sugar lightly with water and
putting it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds until the lump softens.
jenn
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Jenn Ridley
jridley@chartermi.net
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| Peggy |
"Jenn Ridley" <jridley@chartermi.net> wrote in message
news:3e03a05j74vgu9cjk6a93fd743hju153hu@4ax.com...
> fool@rock.com (Fool) wrote:
>
> >I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
> >Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
> >best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
> >spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
> >anyone have a better method?
>
> Why would you want to sift brown sugar?
>
> Yes, it is white sugar with molasses added. "True" brown sugar is
> cane sugar that doesn't have all the cane syrup removed. Molasses is
> cane syrup.
>
> You get the lumps out of it by breaking them up with a spoon (if
> they're soft lumps). If they're hard lumps, the general advice for
> dealing with those is to add a wedge of apple or a slice of bread to
> the bag for a day or so...the extra moisture will soften up the lump
> so that you can break it with a spoon. If you're in a hurry, I've had
> reasonable success with spraying the sugar lightly with water and
> putting it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds until the lump softens.
>
>
> jenn
> --
> Jenn Ridley
> jridley@chartermi.net
alternatively, if the brown sugar has hardened, you could run it across a
cheese/vegetable shredder.
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| Jim |
"Peggy" <eskimodoll@alaska.com> wrote in message
news:10a33qkspp2p816@corp.supernews.com...
> "Jenn Ridley" <jridley@chartermi.net> wrote in message
> news:3e03a05j74vgu9cjk6a93fd743hju153hu@4ax.com...
> > fool@rock.com (Fool) wrote:
> >
> > >I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
> > >Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
> > >best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
> > >spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
> > >anyone have a better method?
> >
> > Why would you want to sift brown sugar?
> >
> > Yes, it is white sugar with molasses added. "True" brown sugar is
> > cane sugar that doesn't have all the cane syrup removed. Molasses is
> > cane syrup.
> >
> > You get the lumps out of it by breaking them up with a spoon (if
> > they're soft lumps). If they're hard lumps, the general advice for
> > dealing with those is to add a wedge of apple or a slice of bread to
> > the bag for a day or so...the extra moisture will soften up the lump
> > so that you can break it with a spoon. If you're in a hurry, I've had
> > reasonable success with spraying the sugar lightly with water and
> > putting it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds until the lump softens.
> >
> >
> > jenn
> > --
> > Jenn Ridley
> > jridley@chartermi.net
>
> alternatively, if the brown sugar has hardened, you could run it across a
> cheese/vegetable shredder.
>
or you could always throw it away. Is it really worth all that effort?. I
don't think so.
Jim
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| Henry! |
> or you could always throw it away. Is it really worth all that effort?. I
> don't think so.
> Jim
>
Depends on what kind of brown sugar you talk about.
The Rolling Stones made a song about a particular kind of brown sugar that
is worth it. Pricewise.
--
Henry!
"Your shoes have got to match what colour guitar you're playing. I had this
black guitar and I was going, 'Gem, I can't seem to dress with this
guitar'."
"Jim" <foj@grizedale.karoo.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news:
mMGcnQWDFPjrRTzdSa8jmA@karoo.co.uk...
>
> "Peggy" <eskimodoll@alaska.com> wrote in message
> news:10a33qkspp2p816@corp.supernews.com...
> > "Jenn Ridley" <jridley@chartermi.net> wrote in message
> > news:3e03a05j74vgu9cjk6a93fd743hju153hu@4ax.com...
> > > fool@rock.com (Fool) wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
> > > >Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
> > > >best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
> > > >spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
> > > >anyone have a better method?
> > >
> > > Why would you want to sift brown sugar?
> > >
> > > Yes, it is white sugar with molasses added. "True" brown sugar is
> > > cane sugar that doesn't have all the cane syrup removed. Molasses is
> > > cane syrup.
> > >
> > > You get the lumps out of it by breaking them up with a spoon (if
> > > they're soft lumps). If they're hard lumps, the general advice for
> > > dealing with those is to add a wedge of apple or a slice of bread to
> > > the bag for a day or so...the extra moisture will soften up the lump
> > > so that you can break it with a spoon. If you're in a hurry, I've had
> > > reasonable success with spraying the sugar lightly with water and
> > > putting it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds until the lump softens.
> > >
> > >
> > > jenn
> > > --
> > > Jenn Ridley
> > > jridley@chartermi.net
> >
> > alternatively, if the brown sugar has hardened, you could run it across
a
> > cheese/vegetable shredder.
> >
>
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| Jim |
"Henry!" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> > or you could always throw it away. Is it really worth all that effort?.
I
> > don't think so.
> > Jim
> >
> Depends on what kind of brown sugar you talk about.
> The Rolling Stones made a song about a particular kind of brown sugar that
> is worth it. Pricewise.
> --
> Henry!
> "Your shoes have got to match what colour guitar you're playing. I had
this
> black guitar and I was going, 'Gem, I can't seem to dress with this
> guitar'."
>
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I know what you mean Henry, but I think we might be getting
off topic on that one.
Regards and laughing
Jim
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| Eric Jorgensen |
On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:49:16 -0400
Jenn Ridley <jridley@chartermi.net> wrote:
> fool@rock.com (Fool) wrote:
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> >I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
> >Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
> >best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
> >spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
> >anyone have a better method?
>
> Why would you want to sift brown sugar?
>
> Yes, it is white sugar with molasses added. "True" brown sugar is
> cane sugar that doesn't have all the cane syrup removed. Molasses is
> cane syrup.
Finally, someone else understands.
Yes, cheap 'brown sugar' is granulated white sugar with molasses
added - often it's even granulated beet sugar, how about that?
The good stuff, e.g. C&H, is manufactured with this weird process
where heated whole-cane syrup is turned in a centrifuge until the sugar
forms small needly crystals which obviously have different physical
properties in their whole, undissolved state than granulated sugar mixed
with molasses does. Does it matter? Sometimes. A little.
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